Tag: Bradley Whitford
Get Out Takes A New Shape in the Wake of “Protest Chic”
Everyone is very concerned of late with how to be a “white ally.” As though it’s a term that could be put on a t-shirt [Read More…]
“You Know What Successful People Do? They Move On”: But That’s Too Much to Ask For a…Destroyer
Another story about a cop in L.A., another tale of moral corruption. Of course, that’s what Karyn Kusama’s latest film, Destroyer, is about on the [Read More…]
From Meek to Mogul: The High Priestess of Print Journalism Gets Her Due in The Post
Spielberg. Streep. Hanks. Though some might slightly roll their eyes at the Oscar-baiting (which, as we recently found out, was, indeed, taken by the Academy) [Read More…]
Brenda in Adventures in Babysitting as Precursor to Barb in Stranger Things
Considering the thoroughness with which Stranger Things strives to appear as a show directly out of the 80s, it’s not remarkable that the inspiration for [Read More…]
Hollywood (Really Jordan Peele) Miraculously “Gives” Black People Collective Revenge in Get Out
There is a question earnestly posed by the protagonist of Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya), after he is met with an extremely surreal overture [Read More…]
Train’s “Drops of Jupiter” is the Soundtrack to Sacramento in Other People
No one can fully understand Sacramento unless they’re from there. Unlike New York or L.A., it is not the sort of place that can become [Read More…]
The Distinct 80s Incongruities of Adventures in Babysitting
In general, the 80s as a whole were incongruous. The impractical fashions, the music that employed instruments never used before or since in mainstream pop [Read More…]
